https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Denmark in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed AS the coronavirus epidemic continues to claim thousands of lives, how are different countries around Europe plotting a route back to normality? Our journalists and contributors give their latest insights. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200410/coronavirus-in-europe-how-countries-are-searching-a-return-to-normality Fri, 10 Apr 2020 13:45:08 +0200 coronavirus-in-europe-how-countries-are-searching-a-return-to-normality The government has reached agreement with health authorities on how to fulfil an election pledge to increase the number of nurses in the country’s public health system by 1,000. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200110/danish-government-reaches-agreement-on-1000-nurses-plan Fri, 10 Jan 2020 19:17:31 +0100 danish-government-reaches-agreement-on-1000-nurses-plan The Local’s readers in Denmark have provided a critical appraisal of the Scandinavian country’s healthcare system. https://www.thelocal.dk/20191126/confusing-and-no-communication-or-dignified-and-kind-denmarks-health-system-garners-mixed-reviews Tue, 26 Nov 2019 18:20:39 +0100 confusing-and-no-communication-or-dignified-and-kind-denmarks-health-system-garners-mixed-reviews Five percent of patients – or every 20th person – at emergency rooms in Danish hospitals carry resistant strains of bacteria, according to a report. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190702/one-in-twenty-danish-accident-and-emergency-patients-carries-resistant-bacteria Tue, 02 Jul 2019 20:14:36 +0200 one-in-twenty-danish-accident-and-emergency-patients-carries-resistant-bacteria Sterile equipment and waste are transported around hospitals and nursing homes by small mobile robots, giving more time for patients and lower costs. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190614/robots-put-on-scrubs-and-help-out-at-danish-hospitals Fri, 14 Jun 2019 13:57:20 +0200 robots-put-on-scrubs-and-help-out-at-danish-hospitals Up to 2,000 women in Jutland and Funen may not have received the breast cancer screening they should have been given, escalating a scandal previously limited to a single hospital. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190523/women-in-more-parts-of-denmark-may-have-received-inadequate-breast-cancer-screening Thu, 23 May 2019 18:23:13 +0200 women-in-more-parts-of-denmark-may-have-received-inadequate-breast-cancer-screening The number of women who were not sufficiently checked for breast cancer at a Danish hospital may total over 300. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190510/breast-cancer-checks-may-have-been-inadequate-for-300-women-at-danish-hospital Fri, 10 May 2019 15:31:11 +0200 breast-cancer-checks-may-have-been-inadequate-for-300-women-at-danish-hospital Denmark’s regional health authorities have welcomed recommendations from representative organisations on how to increase recruitment of nurses. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190423/denmark-must-do-more-to-avoid-shortage-of-nurses-health-authority Tue, 23 Apr 2019 15:02:29 +0200 denmark-must-do-more-to-avoid-shortage-of-nurses-health-authority Denmark’s health minister Ellen Trane Nørby is to table a bill which would require regional health authorities to ensure Danish language competency when hiring foreign doctors. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190212/foreign-doctors-must-meet-danish-language-standards-minister Tue, 12 Feb 2019 14:33:37 +0100 foreign-doctors-must-meet-danish-language-standards-minister The five elected regional councils responsible for administration of the Danish healthcare service face closure in a new reform. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190116/denmarks-regions-set-to-be-disbanded-after-12-years Wed, 16 Jan 2019 11:01:27 +0100 denmarks-regions-set-to-be-disbanded-after-12-years The majority of people in Denmark are happy with the current system for public healthcare, although the government is currently considering a major restructuring. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190114/most-danes-happy-with-healthcare-survey Mon, 14 Jan 2019 13:56:55 +0100 most-danes-happy-with-healthcare-survey Denmark’s current regional organisation of public health administration could be scrapped in an upcoming reform to the country’s national healthcare system. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190111/denmarks-regions-could-be-disbanded-in-major-public-health-reform Fri, 11 Jan 2019 13:14:11 +0100 denmarks-regions-could-be-disbanded-in-major-public-health-reform Up to one in four workers in the health and social care sector said they had experienced sexual harassment in the course of their work, according to a survey. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180529/one-in-four-social-healthcare-workers-in-denmark-subjected-to-harassment-survey Tue, 29 May 2018 12:59:27 +0200 one-in-four-social-healthcare-workers-in-denmark-subjected-to-harassment-survey Non-urgent operations such as knee and hip replacements could be severely affected if no deal is reached in an ongoing dispute between public sector authorities and trade unions. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180313/thousands-of-operations-could-be-delayed-by-danish-labour-dispute Tue, 13 Mar 2018 10:53:08 +0100 thousands-of-operations-could-be-delayed-by-danish-labour-dispute Denmark's healthcare system has become better at testing for and treating cancer, according to a new report. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180131/cancer-survival-rates-in-denmark-improved-report Wed, 31 Jan 2018 14:22:36 +0100 cancer-survival-rates-in-denmark-improved-report Health care researcher Justin C. Matus, a visiting professor at the University of Southern Denmark, looks at the difference between the Danish and United States healthcare systems. https://www.thelocal.dk/20171214/how-does-denmark-have-better-healthcare-than-the-us-for-less-money Thu, 14 Dec 2017 17:36:25 +0100 how-does-denmark-have-better-healthcare-than-the-us-for-less-money The conviction of a 78-year-old man who helped his 71-year-old wife die has sparked a new debate on active euthanasia and an overwhelming majority of Danes are in favour of it. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160915/why-denmark-could-be-the-next-right-to-die-battleground Thu, 15 Sep 2016 13:19:15 +0200 why-denmark-could-be-the-next-right-to-die-battleground Expat blogger Melanie Haynes has had more recent experience with the Danish health system than she'd like but she says that nation's public hospitals and clinics give better service than private alternatives. https://www.thelocal.dk/20151013/why-i-choose-danish-public-healthcare-over-private Tue, 13 Oct 2015 08:59:22 +0200 why-i-choose-danish-public-healthcare-over-private In the span of just over one week, a 12-year-old boy and a 33-year-old man died in the Copenhagen district of Amager. In both instances, emergency dispatchers ignored desperate pleas to send an ambulance. https://www.thelocal.dk/20141008/ambulance-service-criticised-following-two-deaths Wed, 08 Oct 2014 17:25:00 +0200 ambulance-service-criticised-following-two-deaths All patients are entitled to receive a diagnosis within 30 days when medically possible, but a new report shows that only 65 percent are being diagnosed on time. https://www.thelocal.dk/20140915/diagnosis-time-goals-not-being-met Mon, 15 Sep 2014 12:56:56 +0200 diagnosis-time-goals-not-being-met